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Story by Chris Graham Jim Webb has closed the gap on George Allen – and has even, according to one newspaper poll, surged into the lead in the United States Senate race between the two. The conventional wisdom attributes the momentum that the Democratic Party nominee has been enjoying in recent weeks to an incident…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham The adage in the world of sports has it that it is sometimes better to be lucky than it is to be good. Jim Webb could argue that the same might be said of life in the world of politics. The Democratic Party Senate nominee entered the month…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham Whatever happened to … I don’t know, the idea that some things were better left unsaid? I know, I know – I’m a First Amendment guy. Have to be, me being a journalist and all. But … Do I really need to know about whether or not the…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham He always gets upset at me for hiding my snacks. What he doesn’t realize is … I’m a dog, one, and two, has he ever offered to give me a few feet of space that I can call my own, maybe throw in a chest of drawers or…
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Story by Chris Graham A large video screen in the John Paul Jones Arena replayed scenes from a ballyhooed “live sex celebration” that WWE heavyweight champion Edge and women’s champion Lita had taken part in several months earlier. And that was early in the “Monday Night Raw” show that was broadcast live on national television…
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Story by Chris Graham Sure, it matters that Crozet’s population is expected to triple in the next 20 years. But Mike Marshall wasn’t looking that far into the future. “Crozet was longing, I thought, for a way for the community identity to get out,” said Marshall, the editor of The Crozet Gazette, a monthly newspaper…
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Story by Chris Graham It’s funny to think of now, but the people in charge of planning and designing University Hall actually had it in mind that they were going to end up with an arena that was going to serve many more purposes than simply hosting college-basketball games. “When you look at when…
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Stop the Presses column by Chris Graham “What’s the matter? You need to change your diaper, Mr. Crybaby?” No, I wasn’t hanging out with the heckler at a nursery-school recital – but thanks for asking. Would you believe that I was at a Valley League baseball game in Waynesboro – with the most boorish group…
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The Top Story by Chris Graham A majority of Virginians oppose gay marriage. But does that mean that a majority will vote in November in favor of a constitutional amendment that would prohibit gay marriage? “We obviously need to make sure that voters get the message that they need to read the whole thing…
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Golf Things Considered column by John Rogers [email protected] Probably the most dreaded shot in golf is the shank. And the shank, which is when we hit the ball with the neck of the club rather than the clubface, unfortunately travels in herds. I’ll see a golfer at the driving range hit one or two of…
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